Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Harrison 
Hart 
Henderson 
Henry 
Hickman 
Hopkins 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
1,064 
1,372 
465 
869 
298 
731 
588 
382 
2007 
1,083 
1,455 
509 
962 
340 
661 
662 
475 
$1,000, 2012 
37,511 
37,609 
63,989 
30,134 
128,337 
88,199 
13,824 
12,240 
2007 
21,960 
31,479 
46,777 
27,899 
102,286 
63,703 
7,681 
12,809 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
35,254 
27,412 
137,611 
34,677 
430,662 
120,655 
23,510 
32,042 
2007 
20,277 
21,635 
91,900 
29,001 
300,842 
96,374 
11,603 
26,966 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
445 
682 
267 
377 
162 
278 
278 
122 
2007 
488 
882 
300 
505 
138 
318 
390 
174 
$1,000, 2012 
3,052 
4,184 
14,484 
2,832 
11,779 
6,803 
688 
628 
2007 
1,547 
3,735 
9,026 
2,329 
5,996 
5,658 
733 
417 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
393 
504 
256 
316 
162 
259 
157 
118 
2007 
335 
527 
236 
346 
125 
215 
176 
144 
$1,000, 2012 
1,513 
988 
7,939 
837 
5,849 
2,604 
133 
242 
2007 
489 
582 
4,524 
579 
3,027 
1,539 
111 
192 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
392 
450 
231 
348 
143 
245 
164 
119 
2007 
345 
473 
236 
358 
110 
204 
182 
152 
$1,000, 2012 
1,482 
1,254 
9,099 
1,168 
8,067 
4,649 
128 
811 
2007 
556 
856 
5,995 
1,851 
3,531 
2,555 
118 
982 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
337 
395 
77 
245 
76 
133 
152 
87 
2007 
279 
344 
80 
229 
68 
78 
125 
83 
$1,000, 2012 
4,587 
3,421 
794 
2,092 
13,417 
8,532 
3,178 
212 
2007 
1,398 
2,783 
1,147 
1,254 
11,150 
6,631 
388 
562 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
246 
275 
48 
175 
25 
81 
96 
48 
2007 
194 
239 
45 
161 
21 
30 
82 
41 
$1,000, 2012 
2,193 
1,980 
260 
619 
331 
1,913 
535 
131 
2007 
712 
1,530 
188 
515 
95 
93 
257 
462 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
145 
211 
45 
117 
57 
69 
69 
46 
2007 
131 
154 
44 
99 
54 
55 
61 
56 
$1,000, 2012 
2,395 
1,441 
534 
1,473 
13,086 
6,619 
2,643 
81 
2007 
686 
1,254 
959 
740 
11,056 
6,537 
131 
100 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
751 
889 
210 
552 
98 
371 
375 
235 
2007 
680 
895 
195 
525 
108 
272 
347 
259 
$1,000, 2012 
5,451 
9,200 
2,356 
4,752 
58,263 
39,976 
2,913 
1,520 
2007 
2,882 
6,677 
1,541 
3,413 
52,056 
26,557 
1,576 
1,278 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
1,033 
1,271 
434 
838 
275 
692 
576 
372 
2007 
1,068 
1,420 
498 
952 
330 
644 
647 
459 
$1,000, 2012 
3,356 
2,973 
4,651 
2,600 
4,540 
3,669 
966 
700 
2007 
2,139 
2,405 
3,135 
2,113 
3,229 
3,049 
779 
823 
Utilities farms, 2012 
751 
873 
286 
636 
178 
403 
335 
241 
2007 
628 
765 
237 
538 
133 
243 
262 
240 
$1,000, 2012 
1,012 
1,131 
897 
1,094 
1,686 
1,412 
327 
557 
2007 
783 
998 
609 
997 
1,252 
851 
224 
774 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
861 
1,037 
350 
719 
231 
573 
430 
293 
2007 
969 
1,303 
449 
869 
309 
584 
598 
428 
$1,000, 2012 
3,543 
2,875 
4,043 
2,740 
3,460 
3,693 
935 
808 
2007 
2,857 
3,286 
4,056 
3,186 
2,575 
3,073 
1,099 
1,250 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
268 
335 
137 
245 
92 
138 
119 
106 
2007 
252 
325 
121 
258 
76 
104 
156 
118 
$1,000, 2012 
3,829 
2,592 
3,699 
3,015 
3,663 
3,547 
410 
3,015 
2007 
2,353 
1,656 
3,063 
3,226 
2,232 
1,873 
333 
2,885 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
152 
129 
61 
137 
47 
82 
38 
46 
2007 
153 
146 
59 
122 
25 
48 
56 
46 
$1,000, 2012 
1,148 
677 
465 
890 
346 
769 
59 
397 
2007 
908 
634 
576 
814 
96 
208 
162 
166 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
181 
258 
100 
153 
87 
93 
66 
43 
2007 
170 
272 
83 
154 
59 
58 
54 
36 
$1,000, 2012 
278 
611 
1,263 
378 
1,452 
734 
232 
54 
2007 
275 
627 
614 
590 
363 
75 
65 
24 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
182 
186 
92 
145 
76 
108 
118 
45 
2007 
127 
141 
92 
104 
56 
66 
66 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
1,939 
1,348 
5,963 
1,563 
6,501 
3,450 
1,958 
504 
2007 
496 
523 
5,464 
652 
3,495 
3,237 
119 
202 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
30 
50 
23 
23 
23 
28 
10 
23 
2007 
34 
32 
25 
15 
17 
16 
23 
15 
$1,000, 2012 
152 
134 
573 
86 
870 
578 
5 
61 
2007 
33 
34 
396 
57 
346 
96 
23 
95 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
442 
583 
202 
360 
166 
267 
217 
121 
2007 
402 
563 
190 
345 
121 
144 
192 
98 
$1,000, 2012 
3,273 
3,043 
3,000 
2,979 
3,524 
2,737 
1,041 
725 
2007 
2,615 
3,333 
3,433 
3,100 
3,259 
1,947 
988 
828 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
371 
492 
149 
302 
135 
217 
180 
91 
2007 
340 
469 
156 
289 
102 
122 
157 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
2,706 
2,423 
2,208 
2,605 
2,460 
2,190 
719 
555 
2007 
2,077 
2,712 
2,477 
2,657 
2,514 
1,619 
765 
605 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
210 
304 
109 
153 
84 
137 
110 
58 
2007 
188 
321 
99 
178 
67 
95 
98 
50 
$1,000, 2012 
567 
620 
793 
374 
1,063 
547 
322 
170 
2007 
538 
622 
957 
443 
745 
328 
223 
224 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
1,016 
1,321 
448 
845 
283 
691 
553 
365 
2007 
1,010 
1,387 
472 
892 
325 
619 
613 
433 
$1,000, 2012 
1,415 
1,421 
1,071 
1,346 
745 
1,581 
496 
870 
2007 
1,255 
1,450 
810 
1,348 
527 
1,077 
562 
741 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
630 
625 
222 
499 
188 
321 
227 
178 
2007 
627 
729 
238 
517 
138 
246 
255 
225 
$1,000, 2012 
1,482 
1,756 
3,692 
1,762 
4,174 
3,463 
353 
1,136 
2007 
1,374 
1,899 
2,388 
2,390 
9,152 
5,276 
403 
1,590 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
514 
584 
235 
438 
172 
328 
234 
150 
2007 
573 
724 
239 
483 
149 
253 
262 
186 
$1,000, 2012 
4,936 
4,160 
7,297 
3,973 
7,300 
5,411 
1,722 
1,016 
2007 
4,493 
5,517 
6,893 
4,950 
4,890 
4,127 
1,421 
1,318 
-continued 
298 Kentucky 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
